.Since Chengzu established the cabinet system, in the past 160 years, the Ming Dynasty has issued a total of 44 auxiliary positions. After deducting those who have been dismissed from office several times and re-elected several times, there are also 32 people who have changed their names.

If those who have stepped down after being in office for a few months and can truly sit in the position of Sui, there are only nineteen people left. Among these nineteen people, except Zhang Cong, who is also Zhang Fujing, the rest are all from Hanlin Ci ministers. Among them, Xie Jin, Hu Guang, Yang Jie, and Yang Shiqi all started from Ci ministers, and it was the easiest to get the throne.

Then there is no chance to start arriving at the first time. Someone who has to follow the steps or find another way or have extreme good luck. Those who follow the steps include Cao Qi, Xu Pu, Liu Jian, Li Dongyang, Yang Tinghe, Liang Chu, Fei Dang, Li Shi, Xia Yan, Yan Song all entered the cabinet from the Hanlin and the Six Ministry. Li Xian had the merit of rectifying the chaos and entrusted the orphanage to advance to the throne; Chen Wen was the one with the highest official position in the local area - the Right Governor of Yunnan, and then served as the Zhanshi Office, the Minister of Rites, and entered the cabinet; although Liu Ji's official reputation was extremely poor, he was known as the "Liu Mianhua" who became increasingly popular, but he also stepped up from the Hanlin to the Six Ministry to the Cabinet step by step.

Those who find another way are like Xu Youzhen's change in the self-destruction of the gate; Zhang Cong, Fang offered his husband a generous courtesy; Wan'an recognized himself as the nephew of the Concubine Wan; and suddenly came up to Emperor Xianzong, so he got a good name: "When the zodiac master of the zodiac, as for the zodiac master who was born in the top scholar, Shang Lu, because of the change in the Tumubao and the change in the gate, he was twice apart from disguise. By chance, he was promoted, which was a great fortune and great fortune that others could not replicate.

But no one was in the local border and served as the left governor or above. Thinking of this, Shen Mo shook his head and said, "No, they are all the Qing officials in Beijing. At most, they have experienced local governments when they were young, and they have become supervisors, deputy envoys, and right municipal envoys, and all returned to Beijing." He added softly: "Even if there are occasional exceptions, such as Yang Yiqing, who has been in power for only a few months, they will end up... This is obviously not a coincidence, but some internal factors."

"This is not puzzling." Shen Lian said: "There are roads for Beijing officials, and the roads for external officials are roads for external officials. Although there will be some intersections at the beginning, as they go further and further on their respective roads, the distance between them will be longer and the gap will be even greater. The reason is that the so-called strong dragons do not suppress local snakes. The cabinet assistant is also a Beijing official. It is selected by other Beijing officials. Then with the approval of the emperor and their support, they can continue to work smoothly.

Do some facts." As he said that, he looked at Shen Mo deeply and said, "In order to achieve all this, you must always operate in Beijing! Show your talents in the capital, so that the emperor will always have a good impression of you; develop relationships and connections in all aspects and gain as many supporters and allies as possible. The military strategy is cloudy, and the time is not as good as the place, and the place is not as good as the people. If you are in Beijing, you will have the advantage of the territory; if the emperor and all officials in the capital are your supporters, why worry about the big thing?"

Shen Mo was deeply taught and bowed and said, "The students understand what the teacher means."

"It's great if you can listen to useful words." Shen Lian smiled with relief: "But there is no need to be too frustrated. When you accumulate enough connections and qualifications to join the cabinet, you will think of doing something practical below, which is to come in person as a cabinet master, and it will naturally be good. At that time, you can move forward and retreat freely and move at will, wouldn't it be fun?" In the eyes of the teacher, students are always children who never grow up. Shen Lian smiled and said to Shen Mo, "Do it well, I dare to bet with you that you will always become prime minister."

"Teacher Xie Jiyan." He bowed silently and said, "I will do it well."

"Yes." Chen Lianqiwu said: "I have seen you again for many years after separation. I have nothing to send you souvenirs. I can only give you one last piece of advice, just treat it as a farewell gift."

"Students listen carefully." Silently said.

"It is not scary to make mistakes. What is scary is to know the mistakes and never correct them. Often, the higher the position and the more powerful the ones, the more they will be, the more they will be. "Chen Lian said meaningfully: "You can still listen to me now, more or less because you are not strong enough. If you are also in a position and power in the future, remember that the real disaster does not come from your opponent or the enemy, but from your own arrogance and arrogance. If you make mistakes again and again, it will eventually lead to big mistakes. Remember.

“Students have been taught.”

After the master and apprentice finished speaking, they came out of the house and Shen Taoist Master said, "I am still a sinful person. I can't go out to see you off. Let's leave me!"

Looking at the teacher silently, I suddenly realized that there would be no more wise man in this world who treated him so heartily. Tears couldn't help but shed. He lifted the underside of hissing, and knelt straight on the ground, saying, "Students say goodbye to the teacher!" He kowtowed Chen Lian three times on the snow. Chen Gun quickly helped him up. Chen Si turned around three times in one step.

When he returned to the inn, the reward on his silent face had quietly disappeared, and he had returned to the calm demeanor that the imperial envoy should have. He saw Chen Pide rushing to meet him and said, "Sir, you are back. People from the capital have come, and you can't find you in the whole city."

"Who?" Chen Silent asked softly.

"It's Eunuch Ma..." Before Chen Pide finished speaking, he heard a sharp voice saying: "Oh, Lord Shen, you have always shown up."

When Chen Si looked up, he saw Ma Quan, who was tired from the face, and was standing at the door of the hall and smiling at him.

Silent smiled and said, "What wind has blown the man?"

"Of course it's the emperor's sect." Ma Quan bowed with a smile: "Congratulations to Lord Shen for his victory in the flag and the great victory that has not been seen in the nine sides in several years."

"Mumbling? Is there a saint?" said silently.

"No need, no need, no need." Ma Quan quickly stopped him and said, "Because there will be a ceremony before entering the city, the emperor sent our family to come and told the adults, so that they could make jokes when they were free.

"Then I'll bother my father-in-law." He nodded silently: "Everything is subject to your arrangements.

"When will we leave?"

"It's OK at any time." Silent smiled and said, "Don't you rest for a day or two?"

"Time doesn't wait for anyone." Ma Quan smiled bitterly and shook his head, "The ceremony is set at twenty-nine, we can't delay it."

"Then come out tomorrow." Silence follows the good as flowing.

Because Jiajing issued an edict, the soldiers who had made meritorious soldiers went to Beijing to receive rewards. He glanced at more than 300 officers and soldiers from Deng Yu, and together with the team of the imperial envoy Shen, he escorted the prison carriage of Jieshun and Lu Kai, a thousand Mongolians, a hundred chariots of spoils, and thousands of war horses, and went out to Beijing in a mighty manner... Chen Si wanted to leave the war horses, but the horses insisted on taking them with him, saying that this seemed to be very powerful. Chen Si had already said that everything was following the arrangements, so he could not object. However, Chen Pide was very concerned about this matter and specially sent a thousand soldiers to feed the horses.

In a day, the 29th New Year's Eve of the twelfth lunar month was on. As the saying goes, steaming buns at 29th means that the people should steam the Chinese New Year's food at home on that day. They are so busy that they usually don't go out anymore. But today, the young and old men in Sijiu City got up early, called their friends, and helped the elderly and the young out of the house.

Shuntian Prefecture had already issued a notice saying that Chen Zhuangyuan was commanding the army in Xuanfu, attacking the invading Altan's main force, killing thousands of enemies, sieging the enemy camp, seriously injuring Altan's prince Huang Taiji, seized countless war horses, killing the Mongols and fleeing in panic. Thousands of people in the capital were excited about the excitement of the people in the capital, which was definitely more than hearing that many Japanese pirates were killed in the southeast and pacifying many Yi in the southwest. Because whether it is southeast or southwest, it is far away from Beijing. Whether it is victory or defeat, it is like a storyteller. Although it will fluctuate, the factory is not deep because there is no skin pain.

The Mongols invaded the capital year after year, and they were not invaded the capital, burned, killed, looted, and many of their families died at the hands of the Tartars or were captured. They were deeply affected by the Ming Dynasty. The army, which was born in the Ming Dynasty, was not in a state of great strength, and since the Tumu Fort Incident, defeated Cheng Zuye's three camps, they have been suppressed and beaten by the Mongols. The more they beat, the lower the morale, the less they won't be beaten. As a result, they were ravaged by others, making people come and go freely. How could this be felt for the people in the capital who claim to be the best in the world in the Ming Dynasty? Huiqu was simply crazy.

For the court and the emperor, isn’t this the case?

Now, there was finally a decent victory, which gave this emotion the opportunity to vent its emotions even if it was a little bit too much, and we would celebrate it very much. On the eve of the Spring Festival, as the saying goes, it is better to come early than to come by, but this has completely ignited the enthusiasm of the people, and there are so many people who are all going to Fuchengmen.

In the past, the endless stream of coal trucks in front of Fucheng Gate were all stopped. Instead, there were dense crowds of people, and even the area close to the edge of the city was three layers inside and three layers outside. There was no head or sight, and the crowd that could not be seen has been stretched for more than ten miles.

The soldiers in the Beijing camp were wearing new armor and long spears with red tassels. They were three steps and five steps to separate the official road from the people. The soldiers in Shuntian Prefecture were also wearing brand new robes and holding leather whips and chains in their hands. Anyone who was not long-eyed dared to step on the official road and would definitely get a whip. If he dared to make trouble, he would just take it away.

When we arrived at the Chenshi official sign, three cannons suddenly sounded in the direction of Luheyi, and then the corners of the paintings were ringing and the songs were played. Then, bells and drums rang out on the bell and drum tower, and the temples and temples responded together, singing together from afar, and then the sound of firecrackers and firecrackers resounded throughout the ball, and the heaven and earth were filled with a celebratory atmosphere.

People stood on tiptoe and looked northwest, and saw high dust rising from the avenue, and dozens of brightly colored flags appeared in the direction of the horizon.

"Here, here!" People cheered, and the crowd rushed forward and inward. I remember that the soldiers were swaying, and it was useless to throw the whip into the air.

The team finally appeared. The imperial guards in front were five hundred golden armored and white horses. These carefully selected burly men were the guard of honor in the army. Fifty cavalry were in the first place, holding various flags. It is clear that people identified them, such as the golden drum flag, the Cuihua flag, the golden flag, the policeman came into the throne flag. The four hundred and fifty knights behind, holding gold and silver, lying melons, standing melons, locking axes, big swords, red stirrups, and yellow stirrups, dazzled and guided the triumphant team behind.

Behind the ceremonial guard is the team that went to Beijing to receive rewards. General Xing Yu, who was wearing ancestral mountain armor and a scarlet gold-painted cloak, rode on a maroon sweat-blooded horse, holding a three-meter-high banner. The one who stood upright and was in front of him, and he had never been so majestic in his life.

I saw a line of big characters on the flag, "The Ming Dynasty's Qin's decree to recruit Shen"! This title was actually a posthumous award afterwards. I was silent and didn't catch a cold. He thought it was a reward, but everyone thought it was a matter of course. According to the logic of this era, fighting a good battle was due to civil officials and leaders, and not fighting a good battle was due to the cowardly and incompetent generals, but there were not so many reasons to talk about.

Although silence could not change this decision, he felt very discord and was not wearing armor. He wore an ordinary official robe, and was guided by the flag, surrounded by the officers, and came outside Fucheng Gate.

At this moment, thousands of people were rushing to look up to him, fragrant flowers, sweet wine, and worshiping and dancing. Every step he took would attract a lot of cheers, asking for peace, and even some people were kneeling to him. This extraordinary glory was something he had never experienced before. Even if he won six consecutive yuan and praised the officials in the imperial street, he was far from being as good as today.

But with the silence, he was far from the glory of the officials who praised the emperor on the street back then, because it was earned by his real skills. This time... he looked in front of him, and the flags covered the sun; looking around, the golden swords were brilliant, and he couldn't help but feel absurd in his heart, and he said in his heart: 'It's just that the emperor and the court need a victory, and I just happened to meet it.'
Chapter completed!